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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Wild game animals were not afraid of the men, perhaps because
2. When he reached Louisville, Kentucky, Lewis
3. At this point in their journey, wild game is
4. Rather than ascend the Yellowstone, the expedition instead
5. Lewis feels that Native Americans will become civilized citizens, but
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Lewis' mental meanderings on his 32nd birthday.
2. Is it obvious why Clark's commission stayed that of lieutenant and not captain? How did that affect the two leaders?
3. Was Sacagawea treated with the respect she was due?
4. How did the expedition manage to drag its boats over land?
5. What is Lewis' plan at this point for the remainder of the trip?
6. Explain Lewis' realization when he was threatened by buffalo bulls, a bear and wolverines.
7. Why did it take so long for Lewis' keelboat to be built?
8. What happened to Lewis' beloved iron-frame boat?
9. Why is Sacagawea's presence valuable to the expedition?
10. Of what, exactly, was the "great father" trying to convince the Indians, under Jefferson's instructions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lewis and Clark signed a detachment order in 1804 that ordered the sergeants of the group to keep their own daily journals. We know that at least two of the soldiers attempted to publish their own journals, but what became of them, and any others that were written?
Write a research essay and determine whether the lesser officers' journals were preserved and whether they were studied by historians later. If so, what are the highlights? Did they disagree with Lewis & Clark's determination regarding the Missouri vs. Marias Rivers? These would be fascinating to compare and contrast to the Captains' journals. If no information is available on them, outline where and how you researched them, and speculate as to what happened to them.
Essay Topic 2
Meriwether Lewis' father died when he was young and his mother remarried, changing her name to Marks.
1) Is there a genealogy of Lewis' family? Is there an organized group of "family" genealogists related to him?
2) Lewis is said to have come from royal ancestry in Europe. Research this and determine whether it is factual, and provide additional information.
3) Try to locate some information on Meriwether Lewis' father. Did he suffer from mental illness? Write an essay on his life.
Essay Topic 3
How would it have influenced Meriwether Lewis if he could have seen into the future? Write an informal essay about what changed after his death, such as.
1) Jefferson did not realize that the means of transportation would become faster and more reliable than travel by horse.
2) He did not know that Jefferson would expect him to take complete responsibility for publishing his scientific journals.
3) Some of Jefferson's wild inventions would become reality.
4) The country actually would become one nation under one government.
5) The Indians would be subdued and all but wiped out by the government.
6) There would be many thousands of Americans moving west and settling.
7) Britain and France would no longer occupy parts of America.
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